“... even if [FORTRAN] did work, no respectable programmer would use it -- it was only for sissies!” Richard Hamming, on programming before the invention of one of the first mid-level programming languages History is repeating itself. So many words have been spilled about LLMs…
Continue reading...Have you ever been reading a Wikipedia article and tapped out because it's just too dense and difficult to read? Simple English Wikipedia exists to help make articles easier to read and understand. I sometimes find myself drifting to it for technical concepts, but sometimes…
Continue reading...I know that when I connect to the internet via my residential ISP, my public-facing IP address is dynamic and not static. But how often does it actually change? It's never hindered my day-to-day, so I don't know. Some people complain it happens too frequently.
Continue reading...When I was a kid, my family had an encyclopedia span an entire shelf in the living room's bookshelf. The shelf sagged under the weight, and the indexes overflowed onto the next shelf. One day, my father was at a friend's house and he saw…
Continue reading...Everyone wants to know the best places to eat, but the "best place" is inherently subjective. Sure you can read the multitude of "Best Restaurants in Town" lists (which are usually pretty good!), but I wanted to use data to answer the question: "What are…
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